Improvement in cotton-cultivators



G. w, BEARD.

Cultivator.

Patented Aug. 9, 1859.

PETERS, FHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D O UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. BEARD, OF CANTON, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT lN' COTTON-CULTIVATORS.

To all whom itonag concern. Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BEARD, of

Canton, in the county of Madison and Stateof Mississippi, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, of which- Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of the scraper, showing the several parts in position foroperation. Fig. 2 is a front view of the plows and adjustablescraper-plates. Fig. 3 is a side View of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in combining with two right and leftturn-plows having their standards fixed in a laterally-adjustable frame,peculiar-shaped scrapers or cutters, which are made both laterally andlongitudinally adjustable on the mold-boards of the plows, for acting onboth sides of the ridge at a single operation, as hereinafter described.

A represents a central beam with two plowhandles, B, for guiding themachine along the row of cotton. On each side of this beam A are twoplow-beams, G (J, which have a lateral adjustnn-nt, and are sustained byslotted bars D D, through which pass tightening-bolts a for securing theplow-beams in any desired position. These two plow beams are furtherstrengthened and sustained by hinged braces E E, so that. the strain isin a great measure taken off the slotted bars l).

The plows F are each attached to the beams O U, and strengthened againstany longitudinal pressure by .standards G G, proceeding down from therear ends of the plow-beams O O, and to which are attached the landsideplates 1).

0n the face ofeach m old-board are arranged and securely attachedscrapers J J, of the form shown clearly by Figs. 1 and 2. Thesescrapers, when attached to the plows, have each an inclined and verticaledge, which are adjusted so as to correspond to the inclined sides ofthe ridge of cotton-plants in the following manner:

The bottoms ofthe scraper-plates J J are pivoted at c c to themold-boards of the plows F, and near the top of these plates aresegmental slots at d, through which pass bolts 6 e for rigidlysecuringthe plates to the plows after they have been set to the desiredposition. These plates have their centers of motion at c c, and besidesthelateral adjustment they can be adjusted vertically in slots,(indicated by dotted lines,) so that the edges of the scrapers orcutters J Jcan be adjusted to conform to the width and size of the rowof cotton, at the same time accomplishing the work of scraping moreeffectually than has heretofore been done by any other machine.

to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The peculiar shape given to the scrapers or cutters J J, and theirlateral and vertical adjustment, in combination with the adjustableplowbeams O 0, when the same are all arranged in the manner and for thepurposes herein set forth.

What I claim. as my invention, anddesire GEORGE W. BEARD.

Witnesses:

W; M. TOWLER, .E. F. GOULD.

